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My ideal gunblade would be a double-barrelled shotgun as the hilt of a longsword.

The thing with all forms of gunblade is the gun part has no barrel, just a chamber, so with a shotgun like that, you would need to constantly reload the blanks, and it would have to be an 18 guage or a .410 most likely so you could handle the recoil with one hand, a two handed weapon like that wouldn't work, because among other reasons you would need the other had free to reload the cartrages, and with most double barrels, it's break action, so it would be weak at that hinge, so it would probably break very easily

Some atheists (e.g. Richard Dawkins) are indeed intolerant of religion. Dawkins' reason is that he believes religion to be dangerous.

The Crusades were caused directly by Christianity because they were organised and funded by the Church, and the main objective was "Take and hold the Holy Land."

Morality is a set of standards the majority expect others to follow. The punishment for not is ultimately rejection from the group, either through exile or execution. It's limited to the range of a particular society, as each one has its own 'moral' majority.

I'm glad someone mentioned Richard Dawkins, I possess one of his books.
He not only talks about the Crusades by the many other wars and conflicts that have been caused by religion in history.
Moreover, he clearly states that as an atheist there are in fact many levels of atheism and he who says he is a complete atheist still isn't one to the full extent of it. He cannot say with %100 confidence that there is no such thing as God simply because there is no concrete evidence proving it.
For the record...I'm Agnostic.

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed." Albert Einstein

And now, back to a thorough and insightful discussion on world religions by like-minded, intelligent members of the...ah screw it.

From:
ShadowRaven

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed." Albert Einstein

Usually Atheists are pale of skin. They spend a lot of times indoors, because they are afraid to come outside. They believe the preposterous lie that Christians are trying to kill them, when in fact, all that we really want to do is force a quick conversion or to kindly place them in a maximum security prison for their own protection from devout Christians who may try to kill them. Many Atheists will try to throw you off by spending time absorbing carcinogens in tanning beds, so it important to remember in hunting Atheists that many, if not most, have very dark skin, too. CAUTION: Do not confuse these artificially dark folks with genuine Negroes. Real Coloreds need to be watched carefully around anything of value, but do not need to be brought to the Lord, as they all unblinkingly accepted Jesus as their loving God during Biblically-sanctioned slavery.
Atheists are overweight. The stereotypes of typical Atheists are the trim, granola cruncher who jogs and plays racquetball or the vain hedonist, party-goer who worships only her full-length mirror, Recent studies have shown, however, that Atheists have become aware of these signifiers of their lack of faith. In order to blend in undetected with evangelical Christians, most Atheists now tend to be morbidly obese and will tell you, whether asked or not, that their enormous girth is the result of an undetectable thyroid condition and not the box of Little Debbie cakes they are holding.
Atheists have too many university diplomas! These folks are chock full of secular knowledge. They toss the Bible aside in favor of so-called, "research" and "theories." They spend their days studying and trying to gather facts and data to support their ridiculous scientific theories, such as evolution and gravity. Don't let it fool you, Christian Brothers and Sisters! All the secular knowledge in the world can't disprove that the reason we are all here today was because Eve got some bad advice from a talking snake! Atheists are too full of their silly "logic" to understand that only blind faith leads to sighted Truth. Why, the homo-lovers in England have already accepted that most scientists are naturally Atheists. Don't let it happen in America! Report your Biology professor – or any so-called teacher who pollutes the soul with extraneous (non-Biblical) information -- to the local authorities before he recruits your child!
Atheists Deceive! Atheists go under many different names, but they don't have the common sense to align themselves yet! Use this to your advantage in reporting them to the police! They call themselves, "humanists, agnostics, secular-humanists, moral relativists, Catholics, free-thinkers, undecided, Unitarians, and more recently, Brights." It is important to note that anyone who has a post-graduate degree or is interested in getting a post-graduate degree, is suspect! Also be warned, Wiccans , Vegans, Yogists, and readers of science fiction are either Atheists or on the road to becoming an Atheist. Our job as True Christians™ is to use this loophole of time under the current Bush Administration to get as many of these God-haters arrested as we can before they do more damage to our country than they already have.
Atheists are afraid! Even though there are as many as 300 active Atheists in the United States, we can safely assume that if recent polls are correct, most Atheists are afraid to come out and say what they don't believe. It's your job to pull it out of them. Put them on the spot. Hound them at restaurants and on cruise ships. Don't take "I'd rather not talk about religion" as a answer. Give them one last chance to save their sorry souls. Then, call the police!

So I was thinking recently, and it occured to me that religion is way too overrated. Try as I might I can't think of a war that didn't have something to do with religion. The crusades were started by catholics to reclaim the holy land from the muslims. WW2 was started by hitler when he blamed all of germany's problems on the jews. This operation iraqi freedom is an extension of the afganistan conflict which was started when al qada (sp?) supposedly flew airplanes into the twin towers. Makes me wonder how much better off we'd be without religion.

"I can't explain just how it feels,
the thoughts of my premature burial.
Inside this oblong box I lie,
with the hope I'll be buried alive."